All active investigators will receive a reminder to update their Financial Disclosure Forms during the month of March. EAG is sending the email in batches. The first was sent on February 18 and they are currently through the S’s.
As a reminder, clinical trial F&A rates for industry-funded studies increased effective 7/1/2013. Please be sure to use this rate in study budgets being discussed with sponsors. Information can be found here: http://www.research.uky.edu/ospa/info/clinical_info.html.
UK HealthCare pediatricians Dr. Aftab S. Chishti and Dr. Stefan G. Kiessling, have edited a new textbook that provides in-depth clinical instruction about the treatment of kidney and urinary tract diseases in newborns. Published in January, "Kidney and Urinary Tract Disease in Newborns" provides doctors with comprehensive, practical knowledge for the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases in babies younger than a year old. The textbook includes contributions from more than 20 experts in the field of pediatric nephrology.
Ann L. Coker, professor at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health and College of Medicine, is the recipient of a Visionary Voice Award, a national award that recognizes the creativity and hard work of individuals who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to end sexual violence. The award is sponsored by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. The award was presented to Coker by the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs (KASAP) at their Sexual Assault Awareness Month Awards Dinner on Feb. 26, 2014.

Dear College of Medicine Faculty,

In our continuing effort to keep the College of Medicine informed about the 2014 National Conference on Undergraduate Research http://www.cur.org/ncur_2014/, which will take place here at UK on April 3 – 5, please note the following ways to encourage student participation:

In what organizers described as a "celebration of curiosity," the University of Kentucky College of Medicine hosted the Alpha Omega Alpha Groves Memorial MD/PhD Student Research Symposium and Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series on Friday, Feb. 21. Fifty six students from the College of Medicine presented posters outlining findings from their research projects -- a record number for this event, which highlights the institutional focus on student research participation.

NIH PIs are reminded that compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy is applicable to all awards with start dates July 1, 2013, or later.  More information can be found at this link, http://publicaccess.nih.gov/.  Also available is a PowerPoint presentation as prepared by Dr. Tom Kelly,  Associate Dean for Research, College of Nursing, and Professor, Dept. of Behavioral Science.  

With the Markey Cancer Center receiving NCI designation and the growth of the NIH-sponsored Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science, research is thriving on our campus. Similarly the MD/PhD program continues to excel - we are receiving an all-time high number of applicants and our students are publishing and receiving awards in record numbers. At a time when funding across the nation is down, it is reassuring that the quality of research opportunities at UK is better than ever.

Leadership from the UK HealthCare's stroke team has been invited to assist The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association in a "prep visit" to the Cleveland Clinic as their stroke center applies for Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) designation from The Joint Commission. Kelley Elkins, UK HealthCare Stroke program coordinator, and Lisa Bellamy, director of education and quality for the UK HealthCare/Norton Healthcare-Stroke Care Network, will travel to Cleveland to share their experience with the CSC application process, which UK HealthCare completed late last year. The prep vi